to sip on in front of the fire? Need something to keep you warm while out caroling? Preparing for a Christmas party? We've got you covered with these 15 great holiday cocktails. Click through the gallery for recipes and instructions.

This one's easy and quick to make. Put the rum, cinnamon stick and lemon slice in a mug or your cup of choice. Fill it up the rest of the way with boiling water, float the butter on top, then stir. Mmm ...

Pour the bourbon and sweet vermouth in a cocktail shaker with ice. Add a dash of bitters. Stir or shake (your preference), then strain it all out into a martini glass. Add the maraschino cherry and sip away.

Try soaking dried cherries in whiskey and leaving them in the fridge for a garnish. Or use lemon peel.

Many other brands and flavors of bitters are available for different flavor profiles.

This makes a lot of punch and takes some work. Peel four of the lemons and put the rinds into a bowl, then add the sugar and muddle them. Wait for 30 minutes then muddle again. Meanwhile, cut the four peeled and two remaining unpeeled lemons in half and squeeze out 1 cup of juice into a receptacle of some sort. Bring 1 cup of water to a boil, then pour it over the muddled sugar mixture, stirring until the sugar dissolves into a syrup. Then strain the syrup into a large metal bowl, and get rid of the leftover peels. Mix in the 1 cup of lemon juice and add the cognac, sherry and 4 cups of cold water. Stir it up a bit, cover the bowl and stick it in the refrigerator for a few hours. Once it's chilled, ladle it into glasses and sprinkle the nutmeg on top. It's ready to drink!

Put all of the ingredients except for the whipped cream into a saucepan, then simmer over low heat while stirring. Strain the delicious mixture into a mug and top it with whipped cream. Sprinkle some chocolate or whatever you'd like on the top. Easy!

Put the desired amount of hot water into a glass, then stir in the honey until it dissolves. Add the brandy, amber liquor and lemon juice -- and stir again. Garnish with whatever you want -- lemon twist, cinnamon stick, cloves, etc. -- and you're ready for a cozy evening by the fire.

Mix up the Bailey's and hot chocolate, then pour it into a mug. Top it with whipped cream and garnish with the mint leaf. Crush up a part of the candy cane and sprinkle on top, or just use a small candy cane as a stirrer. Chocolatey, creamy, minty deliciousness.

Pour the Midori, lemon juice and simple syrup (or sugar and a little water) into a cocktail shaker. Shake, shake, shake until it's all mixed and chilly. Strain it into a martini glass, garnish with the maraschino cherry, and you're ready to steal Christmas just like the Dr. Seuss character.

This traditional winter drink is a bit labor-intensive but also flavor-intensive. Get a large pot and pour in the two bottles of wine. Bring it to a boil over medium-high heat. Then wrap the orange zest, cinnamon sticks, cardamom and cloves in your cheesecloth -- tie it all up with a string and throw the bag into the pot. Let it all boil for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, then stir in the almonds and raisins. Let it boil for 15 more minutes, remembering to stir every once and a while, before removing the pot from heat.

Grab your wire grill, put it on top of the pot and cover it with the sugar cubes. Slowly pour the brandy over the sugar cubes, letting it saturate the sugar and drip into the pot. Now, here's the really fun part: Light the sugar on fire with a match and let it burn. When the sugar has melted, cover the pot to extinguish the flame. Give the pot mixture a good stir, remove the cheescloth bag and it's ready to serve.

Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake -- but shake gently, since you've got sparkling cider in there. Strain into a martini or other cocktail glass, then garnish with whatever you want. We recommend a cinnamon stick and an apple slice.

This one's easy-peasy. Pour the cranberry juice and Cointreau into a champagne flute, stir it up, then top it off with champagne. If you want a bit more of a kick, add a little vodka or tequila. Yowzah!

Another easy one -- unless you have trouble crushing a candy cane. First things first: Wet the edge of a martini glass and rim it with your crushed candy cane. Then add the vodka, peppermint schnapps and creme de cacao to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake it all up then strain it into your candy-rimmed martini glass. If you want, garnish it with a miniature candy cane. Beware -- you've gotta like peppermint for this minty-fresh cocktail.

Another simple yet delicious holiday cocktail. Pour the chilled raspberry vodka and creme de cacao into a martini glass. There's no need to stir, unless you want to. And you could always garnish it with a raspberry, if you'd like. Voila!

Ohhhh, this one is fun. Take a cocktail shaker and throw in about 12 fresh rosemary needles. Pour in the simple syrup and muddle the rosemary needles for a bit. Then add the remaining ingredients and ice, put the top on your shaker and shake it all up. Strain the mixture into a lowball glass with ice. If you want, garnish it with a rosemary sprig.

You didn't think we'd leave this holiday classic off the list, did you? Here's the simple way. If you'd like to try making your own eggnog, we suggest checking out the entries on AllRecipes.com or some other cooking website. But for the lazy, spiked eggnog is ridiculously easy to make. Buy your favorite eggnog at the grocery store, fill up a small glass, add a shot of your favorite dark liquor, stir it up, sprinkle some nutmeg on top -- and sip away. Yum!